Silicon Graphics Indy ("GUINNESS")

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General Technical Information

HOSTNAME	BLUEBOX2
SYSTEM CPU	MIPS R4400 @200 MHz
CACHE (2nd, 1st D/I)	1 MB, 16 KB / 16 KB
RAM	256 MB (Max. 256 MB)
SYSTEM BUS WIDTH	32 bit
SCSI BUS	1 x SCSI-2 (10 MB/s)
OPTION BUS	GIO32
GRAPHICS	Indy 24-plane 1280x1024 @76Hz
HARD DISK DRIVE	18 GB 10K RPM Seagate Cheetah SCSI
NETWORK	Onboard 10baseT or AUI
AUDIO	Indy audio chip
OS	IRIX 6.5.15m
YEAR	1994
SPEED	about 100 VAX MIPS (not measured)
POWER CONSUMPTION (MAX. / MEASURED)	171 W / 77 W
COMMENTS	Even a recent IRIX version on this machine is suprisingly fast to use, considring the age of this box. Systems with MIPS processors rules!
PRICE '94 ( w/ R4400 @150MHz CPU, 32 MB RAM, 535 MB disk and 16" monitor)	$15,495

Hinv information

Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
1 200 MHZ IP22 Processor
FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 5.0
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Main memory size: 256 Mbytes
Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
Graphics board: Indy 24-bit
Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam not connected

History and other comments

This machine was exchanged for a barebone AlphaServer 300 along with the AlphaStation 200 and the DECstation 5000/50. It's my second Indy, and it was shipped to me from Germany in late 2005. It performs well for 2D graphics and these can be really cheap today, but if you want some SGI computer with powerful 3D, look for an Indigo2 or Octane with a good graphics option.

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Last updated:

19-3-2007